The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1887-10-29
THE DANCER.
BY ALICE DALE.


divinity she is, to be sure! Ye gods Her
face! Her formr'
The curtain had just risen in we'll
known Strand theatcr upon ballet, and
the premiere dmseuse, posing prominently
in the foreground, had called forth this ex-
camation.
81 must meet her." replied his compan-
ion, who had been gazing raptly at her, "by
some means, for l have dreamed of just such
a face as that often and often, and | feel
that she is my fatep'
Kimberly laughed as loud as he darel;
then he said;
''Oh, Wainwright, SO you are caught in
the tolls of love at last! You, the bored,
blaze, weared man of the world, son Of the
proud Madame Wainwright, who can Gate
back to George the First-you in love with
ballet girl BY Joyel it must go into the
fashionable intelligence column of the
| POstp'
| And he laughed again.
| Then his friend broke out hotly;
II don't care who she is or what she is
! love her, and meet her must and shall.
But let us drop the subject"
Willingly" answered Kimberly. ''But
first tell me, old man, if you should marry
this pretty member of the corps dc ballet,
what would Miss Raemy, to whom you
were betrothed at her birth, say?'
''Miss Raemy l have never seen, and it
is absurd to think of binding fellow like
that at the tender age of three years. And
though my parents do desire this connec-
ton, will marry none but her whom |
have seen tonight"
"Ah, well'-and his friend sighed-"go
your way! But, Jack, we have always boen
friends, and have only sought to influence
you for your own good, so forgive me If
have said too much"
The warm heart of Wainwright wa:
touched,
''No more apologies, for was wrong Il
take offense so quickly"
With this the two separated, Kimberly
to go back to his club, and Wainwright tC
haunt the stage door until his fair manor
alta should appear.
She soon came out, and sprung quickl,
into hired cab which was waiting. Vain
wright jumped into another, and ordere'
the driver to keep close behind the on
ahead.
To his surprise, the carriage he was fol
lowing stopped in front of a palatial Yves
End mansion, where a banker of large foI
tune lived.
Here the fair unknown left her cabsN hic
drove away at once.
Suddenly she screamed, and Wainwright
had time only to see that rufiian, attract
ed by the glitter of her diamonds, was try
ing to get them, before be sprung to her as
sistance, and disabled the man with fe'
well-aimed blows.
When he turned to ask if she was hur
she tremulously thanked him for his tlmel
aid with tears in her beautiful eyes, an
then ran into the house.
When the butler had closed the heay
hall doors, Wainwright renamed standin
on the pavement, rubbing his eyes, an
wondering if it were all dream.
But no! there was his cab waiting
He paid and dismissed the driver, an
then turned homeward, trying TO unray,
the mystery.
What could the premiere doRseuse of I'll
: - Theater be doing at Mr.. Raemy
splendid mansion?
II was too much for him, and he gave
up.
But that night dreams of fair-hairet
, blue-eyed ballet girls disturbed his rest,an
left him, the next day, longing for eyenin
to come that he might go 10 the theater an
I see his beautiful unknown again.
2 But he was doomed TO bitter disappoin
ment, and it was the same every night th'
week.
In place of his enslayer was blacl
2 haired Frenchwoman, who pirouetted abol
i, the stage with more facility, II less grac
s than her predecessor.
AT last he resolved to end this suspens
and one night boldly sent in his card
mademoiselle's dressing-room.
lie received courteous summons TO ei
ter, and was greeted in Yoluble French.
He asked mademoiselle If she could gi'
him any information as to the name al
address of the young demoiselle who hi
I taken her place one night.
Jack Wainwright, with his sunny ha
:, eyes and close cropped, yellow hair tt
II and aristocratic, was very hard to fesi'
and certainly this little Frenchwoman cou
not long withstand the tender glances al
% delicate homage which he SO we'll kne
1t how to bestow, and under promise of stri'
8 est secrecy she revealed the whole.
% She had been maid TO her dear YOU
lady some years ago, until she learned h
fortune her feet might give her, and we
on the stage.
Even then she was a sort OF eOmpani
to her former mistress, who looked up
, her as a friend, on account Of her untiri
Devotion